Advice needed! Straight leading leg

[WayneFlint]

I always found when watching coaches who told me BS that they couldn't actually do what they were saying either - they just thought they did.

Haha ive had one of those coaches before sharla, theyre the best arent they. not just boxing either kickboxing is full to the brim with the same thing, a so called kickboxing coach who could barely kick above waist height lol.

[Fran@myboxingcoach]

In the words of Father Dougal "It's a bit mad Ted!" By keeping the right leg straight, it means that the hips cannot rotate. The front leg simply must bend in order to accommodate the rotation of the body. Same goes for any right hand work and the inside slip. Without effective rotation, your long range work will lose length and the shot will lose power. Like farting in a lift...wrong on so many levels!

[donnydarkoIRL]

A straight lead leg was stock standard in old boxing technique.
This encouraged the "quarter turn" of the body with the jab and it was seen as a defensive measure.

[Scrap]

Ols saying, bend your knees, before the other guy bends them for you. Very true

[WayneFlint]

Ols saying, bend your knees, before the other guy bends them for you. Very true

I like that saying lol

[boxingbantz]

Asked AGAIN yesterday about it after being told to 'straighten that front leg'. I said 'I'm finding this way too uncomfortable - does it definitely need to be straight?'. His answer was 'yes as you are in your range to throw punches and you won't be leaning so it should be a straight leg'. Again I questioned this and he was just like 'fine bend your leg then...'.

Also, when practicing my hook, he is telling me to bend my wrists. Surely THIS is even more dangerous than having a straight lead leg for fuck sake. If I landed on someone's skull with a bent wrist, there only thing going to be 'damaged' is my wrist.

At my loose end tbh and very tempted to NOT go back next week.

[Sharla]

Two unhealthy things now - I'd leave.

In some gyms they have bred so much respect for the coaches that have come before them that they refuse to question or update anything they've ever been shown or taught.

Respect is a good thing but not if it means you just become a follower content to continue things that will ultimately injure people.

I had a cosh who didn't like us to drink at all between rounds when training because he still believed some crap that it'd damage your liver when dehuydration training in Australian summer heat is really reqally dangerous.

I had another coach who told me to delay breakfaast after a morning workout rather than refueling to help keep myself light when it's mroe likely to have the opposite effect.

I had yet another coach say to do exactly the same workout everyday - no periodization, no hard and easy days.

I went with the state team to the nationals where they had young boys running to sweat out 1 kg to be right on weight before they slept as they didn't ever bother to notice or check that it meant they were weighing in 700g under the next morning.

With most of these coaches age is a big thing - their body gave out on them completely at a certain age and when it did they just accepted it without asking what they could have done to prevent it etc. It's senseless.

They may be grreat people, they may even have done ok in their time but if they won't let go of their mistakes in a time when we have more information and resources to know that they are mistakes it's not healthy to take orders from them.

You don't want to be thinking every time he tells you something now - is this BS or should I listen this time? Imagine that in your coner in a bout against a tough opponent. Your opponent may have a half decent coach and have half your dedication yet a better chance of winning because you can't get clear instructions when you need them the most.